The Road to Mithril Hall

Friday, February 12, 2010

Here it is finally, the trailer that you guys have been waiting for. Everything you see is 100% in-game. All camera features, including motion blur, run real time in the cinematics and in-game. For this game we decided to try and blend in the cinematic sequences with the in-game sequences,so all models and assets are used for cinematics and for in-game. The Kratos that you will control will be the same you see in extreme close ups, no smoke and mirrors, no model switching. There is no CG cutscenes like the ones in previous GOW games. What you see in cinematics is what you get in-game, no difference. We didn't want to have any jarring changes in detail between gameplay and story. Both Gaia and Kratos are voiced by the same actors as the previous GOW games so please don't worry about that. We would never change Kratos voice. Please enjoy the trailer!

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Although, the graphics look great. The trailer failed to meet my expectations. We waited a year to see 1 minute of a "big blur." There's a cool glimpse of Hades and of the Leviathan, but that's basically it.The overall best trailer for this game was the "Fear Nothing" because the graphics were excellent, the music was great, and everything ran at a good pace. Looking back, I think that the trailers for God of War I and II, were better than this one because we got to see cool parts of the game with great music combined with Kratos' wit...

Nonetheless, I'm still very much looking forward to this game. But I must emphasize, I don't think it is right how Sony seems to playing with its fanbase. The trailer should have been longer and done better...(For example, on first watch, it seemed that Kratos had thrown Zeus against the wall....but on pause..it was Zeus who overpowered Kratos...) Now why would you have a trailer done that way..

the trailer was a success. I visited game pages from Spain and Mexico and every comment that was spectacular and the game promises to as high or even a fan boys of Microsoft recognizes the high quality of god of war 3.

^That maybe, but it is also important to listen to the fans. We all like GOW III and want it to succeed. Showing a nice 2-3 minute trailer at a fast but not ludicrous speed is not going to spoil the game.

That would be what the 17 page GOW Review in the UK article does.

If you're going to show something, then you show it. Don't claim you have something cool for people to see but tell us to squint our eyes...and not get a full view.

animation work is sublime bruno. congratulations on your work and I'm proud for you that you are Mexican because I'm Mexican too and it is indeed a great pride for the country that has echo sublime work.

Do you still use the D-pad or not? I ask because I read in some scans of the UK Playstation magazine that you have to cycle through them with L2 and X. So I was just wondering if you could comment on that. I really hope you guys kept it on the D-pad.

agree with anonymousthe fear nothing trailer was much better.I also don't think it is right how Sony seems to playing with its fanbase.give us a story-trailer with Gaia`s voice like for the previous games.

Can everyone stop wining... That trailer was insane!!! watches utmlike 50 times. ..... oh and the last few seconds show something thatvkind if looks like a certain temple u visit in god if war 1... And u see the new blades of exile. Answer the questions Bruno from the opreviouspost.. Oh and when will the trailer hit the pan store?

everyone has the right to say his opinion! and if i don`t like the trailer tat doesn`t mean that i`m not going to buy or like the game. i just say the vengeance trailer was much better, it was a really special, new, elaborated, surprising, mindblowing trailer.

One of the many things that amazed me is that you can see the fingerprints on the titan's fingers.(in the new trailer).And hades is extremely detailed.congratulations.Is that the final bulid?If it is i'm very very impressed and happy.

Dude, just shut up. They are making this game for you. It's ok that you don't like the trailer, but to say that they are purposely trying to annoy us, well that's just ignorant. I hope you love the game though.

Weare not trying to play with anyone or piss of anyone. Each director of each GOW game has his own approach and Stig has decided to not spoil the game by giving away the story. I personally respect this because I often see movies and games giving away too much on their trailers. I feel really good about the final game. At this point we are hands off so what we have show is the final stuff. The trilogy is now complete. Es un placer para mi que hay aficionados de GOW en Mexico, realmente me da mucho orgullo. Gracias a todos. I haven't played the game on Standard definition yet but I'm sure it will look good as well. As far as Atlantis I can't comment at this time.

Oh almost forgot, let me make it clear, there are 2 ways to choose weapons: L1 + X. AND. Select the weapon you like by using the D-PAD just like the demo so please don't worry about the review. They did not discover the D-PAD switch and yes we do have message letting the player know when they acquire a new weapon.

Let me go over it once more: The controls are the same as the demo. In additon you can switch the weapons, such as blades and cestus, by simply pressing L1 + X in a cicle. If you don't want to cicle, simply select the weapon you want by pressing the correct direction on the D-PAD. The game is though but for GOW vets I would recommend choosing hard mode right away for a solid challenge.

Jeff Rubinstein“We’re here at our Christmas uh holiday preview. We’re showing all kinds of stuff. We’ve seen some amazing stuff from God of War. We can’t talk about the latest stuff quite yet. We’ll be..yeah..uh keep it keep it tight but we will be showing that to you in January.

But it now…uhm just the stuff that we had seen.. I can’t wait to show you guys in January..

John Hight “And uh yeah I don’t know when the next you know press event is but you know we’ll be spilling out stuff probably you know every month uh leading up to our release in March…. so its only a few months way uh so have some patience

Bruno’s Blog “Saturday, December 12, 2009”NY Secret Impressions---Hip Hop Gamer and N’Gai “Come January you gonna see what I saw and my man N’gai saw.”

Hip Hop Gamer 12/13/09“Now the next thing I want to bring up is what a lot of people has been talking about, twittering about, like calling me directly..it’s been crazy.. Now the God of War 3 footage…Listen alright…the footage is crazy.. I can’t say anything in detail.. But I will announce that January 18th will be the day you all get to see what me, N’Gai, and a lot of others saw. So January 18th is the announcement that’s the date you’ll be able to see it then. So make sure you at your computer at 12 o’clock on the dot January 18th . actually not 12 o’clock on the dot.. but uh I can’t I ain’t gonna tell you the time but January 18th it will be revealed. So stay tuned to that.”

For the entire month after these announcements, many people were led to believe that January 18 th would be the day they would see live updated footage .

On Janary 17 at 2:05 AM, the day before the highly awaited date, Bruno writes on his blog “As far as a trailer, I can't really say there will be one but I have seen some screen shots that have never been released ready to go. You guys might be seeing some of those.”

Bruno waited an entire month before replying that he “can’t really say there will be one” i.e. not even giving a decisive answer to state there will be no trailer.”

Right before the vengeance trailer was released, Bruno was asked how long it would be? The question has nothing to do with spoilers, story elements, characters.

Bruno replied on his blog “The trailer will be long enough to satisfy you but short enough to leave you wanting for more.” Again, not providing a definitive answer to a harmless question.

So you don’t call that playing with the fans… Jack, You must be a sony kiss ass….

I like God of War, played and completed all 4 GOW games Chains of Olympus, GOW, Betrayal, and GOW II including all the Challenges and God/Titan mode...

Dear Bruno, Again, the problem with the trailer is not about there not being enough story...it's like promising to show something spectacular but forcing the observant to be blind-folded..

Plus, there were redundant scenes in the game...the dismemberment of Helios, the Icarus' ascent, why were they included in a 1:12 minute clip? Instead it should have focused on letting us see more clearly other scenes, like the fight with Talos, the catapult.

Primeramente felizidadez a ti y atodos en SCEA. Ojala y tengan mas entrevistas esta vez en el juego. You stated that you can cicle weapons with L1+X... I thought L1+X was the Icarus ascent. Its fine by me, I hardly used that move anyway.

I got one question though, and hopefully you can answer it.Will I be able to download the morpheus skin thats from the 7 11 promotion in any other way? My closest 7 11 doesn't carry the cups. Thanks for what I know will BE one of the greates games of all time. Congrats once again.

Thanks for the responses guys. The whole L1+X situation will make sense once you play the game.The important thing is that you will be able to use the D-PAD to switch weapons as well. As far as I know there is only one way to get the 7-11 costume. The one nearm hasn't gotten the cups either but I'm sure there are on their way.

My favorate boss battle is the one with Dante from dantesbinferno...u see, kratos goes to he'll sees Dante and asks for his game back...oh and the battle between kratos and his daughter where the game becomes a first person shooter for 10 minutes..lol

noooooooo!! why is there no more CG movies????i mean cmon for gods sake there's this part of game where is just story and u jst watch...we need CGGGG.... :(And the d pad thing....i thought there was 5 weapons nt 4 :S.......and how will u switch magic??dont tell me there is no more magic???

I don't believe Atlantis will be in the final game. Seeing that... um... Poseidon is, well, "taken care of" at the very beginning of the game, I see no reason as to why Kratos would end up it Atlantis.

The comic books however...

Or perhaps they will not include it at all, and that is fine with me.

Thanks a lot Bruno, for answering our questions. Can't wait to try out the Blades of Exile.

are there any more info´s of the pandorra box? I know you said it will be heavy and no plastic shit or something from happymeal, but what is it made off? How heavy is it and the exact size would be really nice info!

Thank you for giving us so much information I really like the GOW series!

It's just funny hearing you complain about all this when a month from now you are going to be all smiles, sitting down in front of the TV, enjoying yourself because of all the hard work of the GoW team. Like I said, they are doing all of this for us. If you don't like it, you don't like it. But that doesn't mean they are actually trying to let you down.

The reason why we are talking about L1+X:1. Some of you are asking.2. The OPM review made it sound as if L1+X is the only way to switch weapons in a cycle.

When I mentioned before that we did not change the controls from the demo I meant that in the final game you will be a ble to choose your weapon by using the D-PAD, just like the demo. In addition, you can also quickly switch weapons in a more fluid fashion in mid combat by using the L1+X move. Using this will cycle through weapons in order.

Most of the team is pretty hands off at this time, so the game is pretty much done. Many Journalists are already playing it and getting ready for the reviews. Most games are finished 1 to 2 months before release, there are many other steps that need to be taken before a gem can actually hit the shelves. This is why when games get delayed, they get delayed by months.

Thanks Bruno!You guys are doing a great job!I hope we won`t miss CG`s.I wish you could say more about Atlantis...I have a lot questions, i know you won`t answer all of them but i`ll try it:when will we see something new? this week?Will there be a story trailer like for the previous games (with Gaia`s voice)?do you know anything about a GOW movie?Thanks for your answers.

The save system is the same... In te new trailer,when kratos is standing in front of that huge opening door, you see a save altar in the background.. U can watch the trailer rewind on ign and it shows te whole trailer in slowmotion, and u see slot of key thinhgs you might have missed. Oh and bruno..when will the next review be done? When will we see something new? Please answer

actually, all four weapons have some kind of chain element, even the Cestus. I think the team realized that that's what makes God of War weapons unique. But I'm sure that they will all feel very different, as there needs to be some incentive to actually switch weapons. Personally I think this was a good decision and I can't wait to see them all in action. If they are half as cool as the cestus then I will not be disappointed.

The OPM review was leaked way too early and we are quite sad about this. I would expect other reviews to come out closer to rlease date. If you guys don't want to spiol the game for yourselves then i would avoid that review. Just know that we got 9/10!

I just saw Geoff Keighley today at the office taping the GOW 3 Episode that he mentioned.

I hope you guys won't miss the CG, I know I don't miss it. The current cutscenes makes the game feel more unified and flows from story to action better imo.

I have no info on the GOW movie at all or when we will show more of the game. Probably the GT Tv episode I would pressume will be the next time.

The team is pretty tired after the final push so we will probably take a little rest but we are not done making games thats for sure.

All I can say about the weapons is that I am much more happier with them this time around. I animated the blade of Olympus, Barbarian Hammer, and Spear of destiny in GOW2 and I have to say that I like the weapons in GOW3 better. We listened to the fans and reviewers in regard to the weapons from GOW 2 and decided to make them better this time around. I would have to say that the best secondary weapon up to this point was the Zeus Guantlet from GOW PSP and we drew our inspiration from it for the Cestus. It seems people are happy with the Cestus as well so I am confident you guys will enjoy the rest as well.

Save game system is the same as GOW2, plus a new auto save feature for those of us that don't want to save all the time!

Thank you bruno, you are my favorite developer!!!!. Auto save? GREAT, im going to be honest i hate the save points in games, because some times you have to stop playing,but want to save your progress, the bayonetta save system is pretty good (of course GOW is the best game,but it wont hurt to apply things from other games that work well) i think the auto save thingy is the best news so far....

The OPM review wasn't leaked THAT early. It's official release was today. It was leaked not even a week ago.

If OPM doesn't want this, they should be stricter when it comes to putting out their magazines.

I'm excited to hear what new projects you have in store. Whether it be some sort of new God of War, or a completely NEW franchise, you can be sure I'll be hyped about it. Sony Santa Monica always delivers fantastic games.

No CG is great news. It's time for games to move away from totally disconnected, superior looking cinematics. They just take away from the in-game graphics by setting a higher benchmark for comparison.

Visual coherence and consistency is way more important to me than shiny CG.

Also, I would love to never see a CG trailer for a game again. That's the absolute worst use of CG and anyone who does it is wasting their time and ours.

Glad to hear the GTTV episode is coming soon. I hope Keighley asks some interesting questions instead of just trying to spoil the game. I don't know why he's so popular/successful. His journalistic style is garbage.

I also won't miss the CG videos.The game engine looks amazing and it's more than enough for the cut-scenes.About the new gameplay at 25th - yes there will be on gametrailers/spike it was confirmed by Geoff .25th for USA and 26th for Europe because of the time differences(just like the trailer ).

No cg I awesome...in the trailer when you see kratos holding up the blade of Olympus or even when you see him slidind down gaia back with the sword in her that is probably a cutscene... I love that because now we can get a full gameplay experience... Sometimes you only pay attention to the cg but now you ficus on everything? Bruno- will the gameplay shown on gttv on the 25th be the same from e3 or is it gonna be new? Also in the demo? Is that taken from the game directly ornate enviorments and cutscenes take out?

Can i ask you one question bruno.When kratos is using another weapon like the cestus do the blades of exile or athena will still be on kratos's back,because in the new trailer where kratos has the blade of olympus he has the blades on his back.thanks.

bruno thank god it looks like you are the only person who actually responds to peoples comments,i have a question will you guys release a limited edition ps3 slim when you release gow3,if not i dont want to wait another month for nothing,i would get one now.

Are you not able to comment on that? I've been asking this for quite some time an never got a response. Will there be an unlockable to change the blades flames color? I've written a letter to you guys and mailed it letting you in on this idea awhile ago an never got a response =(

I don't recall the name of the company that made the teaser, but I do know that they are an effects house that does stuff for movies and commercials. The graphics do look great but then again when you use prerendered CG you pretty much have almost no limits. It will be a little longer before games reach that level of detail. Oh and also, no they are not making a GOW game, specially since they don't even develop games.

yes they did! it would be nice to see more such CG`s in the future.You guys did a great job, but there are a lot of people that loved the GOW cinematics in the previous games, they were awsome! so i hope we won`t miss them in this game, as you said...

In the trailer you see a cutscene when kratos is pointing the blade of olmympis high in the air...it's probly the begining of the game when kratos is confronting the gods.....just saying that that looks fucking amazing and j can't wait to play it

The guy asking about in-game screenshots and music probably meant photo-mode (like in Wipeout HD, for example) and custom soundtracks (also in Wipeout HD).

I'm gonna guess definitely no custom soundtracks, and probably no on photo mode, though that would be pretty awesome.

I remember a time when you could pause a game without a menu screen coming up. I wonder why they never allow that in modern games. It wouldn't be photo mode, but it would be a great way to admire a scene.

It's 2.30 am and I can't sleep and I just want to say that god of war 3 = awesome ... Bruno can u answer the question about kratos starting the game with the weapons from the previous game and losing them?? Please please please please!!!

Why does GOW III do not get a Steelbook, everything is getting a Steelbook, just got this from Scanavo, looks really nice, I love it: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6713/img1243sss.jpghttp://img22.imageshack.us/img22/254/img1241ssss.jpg